The Philippine Army (PA) identified on Saturday, Jan. 24, the four soldiers who were killed in an ambush by suspected Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) remnants in Munai, Lanao del Norte. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, PA commanding general, said the slain soldiers were Staff Sergent Diosito Araya,...
The military mourned the death of four soldiers in an ambush by the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in Barangay Lininding, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Friday, Jan. 23. A statement issued by 1st Infantry Division commander Major Gen. Yegor Rey P. Barroquillo Jr. said they were conducting a...
The Philippine Army (PA) denounced “in the strongest terms” the killing of four soldiers by suspected Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) terrorists in an ambush in Munai, Lanao del Norte on Friday morning, Jan. 23. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, PA commanding general, described the attack on the...
Four soldiers were killed and another was wounded in an ambush in Purok 1, Barangay Liningding, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Friday morning. The victims were on board a blue Toyota Avanza when they were shot by individuals believed to be members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group. The fatalities were...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has expressed grief over the passing of one of its officers who was ambushed by an unidentified gunman in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. Lieutenant Junior Grade Glennick Ytang, station commander of Coast Guard Station Zamboanga Sibugay under Coast Guard District...
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – A female municipal councilor in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and her husband were wounded in a daylight ambush here that left two dead and another resident wounded on Tuesday, police said. Police Lt. Col. Oliver Pauya, municipal police...
COTABATO CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman here was killed while his brother was wounded in an ambush in this city’s busy thoroughfare on Saturday morning. Police Brig. Gen. Jansen de Guzman, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) police chief, was at the crime scene,...
COTABATO CITY – To speed up the resolution of an ambush here that left three people dead and two injured, Mayor Bruce Matabalao has offered a reward for information that would identify the assailants. Police said they have already identified persons of interest behind the ambush of Barangay...
COTABATO CITY – Police in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, have launched a manhunt for two men believed to be behind the killing of an engineer from the Bangsamoro region’s social services office on Tuesday night. Engr. Romeo “Ryan” Livelo, an employee of the Ministry of Social...
COTABATO CITY – A village chairwoman escaped death in a daylight ambush by six gunmen on separate motorcycles on a busy street here on Tuesday morning, police said. Police Col. Jibin Bongcayao, city police director, said Barangay Poblacion 9 chief Pahima Ayunan Pasawiran-Pusaka was slightly...
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao del Norte – Police are hunting two gunmen who ambushed and killed a family of three in Barangay Nalinan here on Monday afternoon. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Bangsamoro police, identified the fatalities as Ibrahim Payapat, his wife Zenaida...
BACOLOD CITY – A 25-year-old former communist rebel linked to an ambush where two police officers and a teenage bystander were wounded in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental three years ago was recently apprehended in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Alias Jim was arrested in Barangay Carabalan...
